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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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